Goodrich – It’s time to get in the blue-and-gold spirit. The Goodrich High School Homecoming is just around the corner. This year’s homecoming game is slated for Sept. 17, when the Martians will take on the Byron Eagles. Parade participants will begin lining up in downtown Goodrich at 4 p.m., said parade coordinator Beth Overcashier. […]
Clayton Twp. – He committed the crime as a boy, but a Goodrich youth may be charged as a man. On Aug. 17 a 16-year-old Goodrich boy was caught, along with three others, stealing a go-kart, an all-terrain vehicle, and other items. Clayton Township Officer Douglas Sepanak spotted the four pulling out of a driveway […]
Atlas Twp. – Pushing his father around has landed an Atlas Township man in jail. Genesee County Sheriff Deputies from the Atlas Township precinct responded to a report of domestic assault in the 7000 block of Jordan Road on Aug. 27. The 25-year-old man, who resides in his parents? home, was arrested on charges of […]
Goodrich – A Hegel Road sink hole proved a headache this week for village officials. Village administrator Jakki Sidge noticed a 3-foot diameter sinkhole at western Hegel Road near the village limits early Monday evening. A newly-installed gas line and water line for nearby construction limited backhoe work. Workers used shovels to dig. By Tuesday […]
Goodrich – Look for the former Nana’s Bakehouse location to open soon under new management. And a new name. Cheeky Monkeys Bistro, located at 8217 State Road, is slated to open early next month. The name is derived from a Scottish nickname given to owner Dave Alexander’s mischievous grandmother. Dave and Marti Alexander, of Goodrich, […]
Goodrich – New teachers greeted pupils at Goodrich elementary schools this week. At Oaktree Elementary, new third grade teachers include former Oaktree Young 5’s substitute teacher Jamie Hamel, and former Reid second-grade teacher Amanda Gentry. Mindy Hart is the new Oaktree special education teacher. In an effort to reduce early elementary class sizes at Reid […]
Genesee County -Looking away from the road for a fraction of a second is a mistake any driver can make, says Genesee County Assistant Prosecutor Ron Higgerson. For Matthew Woods, 35, it may be considered one of the fatal errors that caused the concrete truck he was driving to collide with a van, killing three […]
Goodrich – It brings families together, helps create invaluable gifts, and motivates clutter clean-out. No wonder Northern Exposure Scrapbooking is becoming such a creative outlet for local scrapbookers. Although the store opened just last month, it’s quickly gaining fame as one of Michigan’s most unique scrapbooking venues. ‘I figured I’d make it how I (as […]
Goodrich ? While life on the Goodrich Mill Pond was flowing peacefully along in 1900, the century that spanned ahead would bring progress. And turbulence. When the Detroit United Railway (DUR) expanded its network of electric streetcars in 1900 to include areas like Flint, trestles for the electric train were built over the Goodrich Mill […]
Goodrich ? Two new principals will greet students at Goodrich schools this Tuesday’one new, one familiar. At Goodrich High School, former LakeVille High School principal David St. Aubin will join Kenneth Andrezjewski, taking over as principal when ‘AZ? retires in January. St. Aubin is eager for school to open. ‘It’s fantastic,? he said, calling Goodrich […]